Sunday, 1 February 2015

How To Install CWM Recovery on the NVIDIA Shield Portable

A few days ago I posted an article on reasons to root your NVIDIA Shield Portable. This tutorial will show you how to install Clockwork Mod (CWM) Recovery on your Shield. Please note this tutorial is for advanced users, and always be careful when flashing an image to your device.

This tutorial is for the Shield Portable, NOT the Shield Tablet.

Why would you want a custom recovery on your device? Well, it allows you to have a backup plan in case you mess up your system.

A custom recovery allows you to connect to your device using the command line, and copy, move, and rename files. Inside the interface you can also flash custom ROMs on your Shield, as well as other flashable "zips" for example a script to disable Xposed Framework in case you installed a bad module.

In order to install CWM recovery, you first need to unlock the bootloader if you haven't done so already.

To unlock the bootloader:
Power your Shield off completely. Hold down the Back and Home button, and while holding those two buttons, press the Power button. Keep holding the Back and Home button.
You should now be in the bootloader menu.